Ruth was a devoted, loving mother and a feisty independent woman. She grew up in North Baltimore and was a member of Job’s Daughters through the Lutheran church in her youth. While she was living in Baltimore and Georgia, her passion was music, theater and sewing. She and her husband, John Francis Peterman, were married 36 years. They were excellent ballroom dancers and enjoyed the tunes of Big Band Music, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.

She was proud of her Associates Degree in Medical Technology awarded at Mount Saint Mary’s College in Baltimore. An accomplished and respected laboratory technologist, most of her life was dedicated to working at Dorchester General and the Eastern Shore State hospital laboratories in Cambridge Md. Always a patriot, Ruth embraced civic responsibility. Education and extra curricular activities were important priorities for her and her children. She was a Brownie troop leader and a member of the Rotary Club. She moved with her family frequently, following her husband to jobs in Puerto Rico, Georgia and Alabama.

Ruth embraced her extended family in Baltimore, while raising her children in Cambridge, MD. Always a gracious host, she thoroughly enjoyed her life long friends and her children’s friends.

She had an open door for any occasion and took pleasure in cooking and entertaining. Ruth retired to live in Annapolis for the last 15 years of her life where she had the opportunity to enjoy her grandchildren in Annapolis and also in Clinton.